slpkg/man/slpkg.8

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.TH Slpkg "8" "5 2014" "slpkg"
.SH NAME
slpkg - Utility to help package management in Slackware
.SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBslpkg\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fB[-h]\fP \fB[-v]\fP \fB[-u UPGRADE]\fP \fB[-a REINSTALL]\fP \fB[-r REMOVE]\fP \fB[-l]\fP \fB[-f FIND]\fP \fB[-d DISPLAY]\fP <\fIcommand-arguments\fP>...
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBslpkg\fP is a terminal tool written in Python that allows the build, install, upgrade, 
remove, find and view Slackware packages contents.
.PP
It's a quick and easy way to manage your packages in slackware to a command.
.SH EXAMPLES
  \fB-h, --help            show this help message and exit\fP
  \fB-v, --verbose         print version and exit\fP
  \fB-s script source, --slackbuild script source\fP
  \fB                      auto build package\fP
  \fB-l all, sbo [all, sbo ...], --list all, sbo [all, sbo ...]\fP
  \fB		    	   list of installed packages\fP
  \fB-i , --install        install binary package\fP
  \fB-u , --upgrade        install-upgrade package with new\fP
  \fB-a , --reinstall      reinstall the same package\fP
  \fB-r , --remove         remove package\fP
  \fB-f , --find           find if package installed\fP
  \fB-d , --display        display the contents of the package\fP
.SH GLOBAL OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
Print the version of program and exit.
.SH COMMANDS
.PP
The following commands are available.
.SS -s script source, --slackbuild script source
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-s\fP <\fIscript\fP> <\fIsource\fP>
.PP
With this argument, build slackware package quickly and easy.
Support .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 slackbuilds archives.
.SS -l all, sbo [all, sbo ...], --list all, sbo [all, sbo ...]
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-l\fP <\fIall\fP> <\fIsbo\fP>
.PP
Two display options list, one for all packages and another
only for packages SBo.
.SS -i , --install install binary package
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-i\fP <\fIpackage.tgz or .txz\fP>
Installs single binary packages designed for use with the 
Slackware Linux distribution into your system.
.SS -u , --upgrade install-upgrade package with new
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-u\fP <\fIpackage.tgz or .txz\fP>
.PP
Normally upgrade only upgrades packages that are already
installed on the system, and will skip any packages that do not
already have a version installed. 'Requires root privileges'
(like slackware command upgradepkg --install-new)
.SS -a --reinstall
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-a\fP <\fIpackage.tgz or .tgz or else\fP>
.PP
Upgradepkg usually skips packages if the exact same package
(matching name, version, arch, and build number) is already
installed on the system.'Requires root privileges' (like 
slackware command upgradepkg --reinstall)
.SS -r , --remove package
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-r\fP <\fIname of package\fP>
.PP
Removes a previously installed Slackware package, while writing
a progress report to the standard output. A package may be 
specified either by the full package name (as you'd see listed in
/var/log/packages/), or by the base package name. 'Requires root
privileges' (like slackware command removepkg)
.SS -f --find
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-f\fP <\fIname of package\fP>
.PP
Find if package allready installed or not.
.SS -d --display
\fBslpkg\fP \fB-d\fP <\fIname of package\fP>
.PP
Display the contents of the package with all descriptions.
.SH HELP OPTION
Specifying the help option displays help for slpkg itself, or a
command.
.br
For example:
  \fBslpkg \-\-help\fP - display help for slpkg
.SH EXAMPLES
Etc. download from www.slackbuilds.org the package termcolor
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/python/termcolor/

Two files termcolor.tar.gz and termcolor-1.1.0.tar.gz
must be in the same directory.

$ \fBslpkg -s termcolor.tar.gz termcolor-1.1.0.tar.gz\fP

Slackware package /tmp/termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz created.


$ \fBslpkg -u termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz\fP

  Installing new package ./termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

$ \fBslpkg -r termcolor\fP

  !!! WARNING !!!

  Are you sure to remove this package [y/n] y

  Package: termcolor-1.1.0-x86_64-1_SBo
          Removing...

$ \fBslpkg -f termcolor\fP

  The package is not installed on your system

$ \fBslpkg -d termcolor\fP

  The package is not found

$ \fBslpkg -v\fP

  Version: x.x.x

.SH AUTHOR
Dimitris Zlatanidis <d.zlatanidis@gmail.com>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 Dimitris Zlatanidis

.SH SEE ALSO
installpkg(8), upgradepkg(8), removepkg(8), pkgtool(8), slackpkg(8)